It is better to fail with your own vision than to fail with another man's vision.

Football is a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.

The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.

There’s only one moment in which you can arrive in time. If you’re not there, you’re either too early or too late.

I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid. A world superstar, but still a kid. Innocent, you know. He just plays.

For the world of football, Messi is a treasure because he is role model for children around the world... Messi will be the player to win the most Ballons d'Or in history. He will win five, six, seven. He is incomparable. He's in a different league.

I felt sorry for the match ball - it came off the pitch crying.